Media advisory: NS Police Officers will Receive Constable Heidi Stevenson’s Watch Award on May 13
May 10 2024 - 6:00AM
Event and Photo Opportunity
Advisory -- Several Nova Scotia police officers
will be recognized for their extraordinary work to take impaired
drivers off provincial roads and highways at the Second Annual
Constable Heidi Stevenson’s Watch Award presentation on May 13.
Media are invited to attend the awards
ceremony: |
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Date: |
Monday, May 13, 2024 at 11 a.m. |
Location: |
Rotunda at RCMP H Division Headquarters, 80 Garland
Ave., Dartmouth, NS |
Speakers: |
Minister of Justice and Attorney General, The
Honourable Barbara Adams |
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RCMP Asst. Commissioner Dennis Daley |
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Chief Mark Kane, NS Chiefs of Police
Association |
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MADD Canada National President Tanya Hansen
Pratt |
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The Constable Heidi Stevenson’s Watch Award is a collaborative
effort by MADD Canada, the Nova Scotia Police Chief’s Association,
the Nova Scotia RCMP and the Nova Scotia Department of Justice to
honour Cst. Stevenson and to recognize the efforts of police
officers to reduce impaired driving.
Cst. Stevenson held many different roles throughout her 23 years
as an active RCMP member, including as a dedicated Drug Recognition
Expert. She was especially proud of her expertise in that area and
deeply committed to helping make Nova Scotia’s roadways safer. Cst.
Stevenson was one of the 22 people killed by a gunman in April 2020
in Nova Scotia. She was posthumously awarded MADD Canada’s Terry
Ryan Memorial Award for Excellence in Police Service in honour of
her work to prevent impaired driving.
To attend, please RSVP to: Shayla Morag
Steeves, MADD Canada Atlantic Regional Manager, 1-866-798-6233 or
ssteeves@madd.ca